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Leeland Mooring Reveals Why Worship Songs Fall Flat
Leeland Mooring (Way Maker, top-CCLI songwriter) on the discipleship of artists — songwriting as discipleship and why every church should invest in its creatives.
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ABOUT TJ
TJ Cople is a Nashville Creative & Ministry Leader and the artist behind Illumination Project. After 20 years of writing, producing, and leading worship, and building ministries -- he built Flock to help worship leaders and Christian creatives finish their songs, grow their craft, and stay rooted in their calling — because creativity was never meant to be a solo act.
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